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French chalk

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French chalk
n.
Chalk made of a soft white variety of talc, used by tailors for marking fabrics and by dry cleaners for removing grease spots.
French chalk
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a compact variety of talc used to mark cloth or remove grease stains from materials
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Noun1.French chalk - a soft white compact talc used to mark cloth or to remove grease stains
talc, talcum - a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
Translations
French chalk n → steatite f, pietra da sarto
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I expect they'll soon start putting talcum powder on their pool cues (no more perfidious French chalk for them), and instead of wearing French letters they'll start using padded envelopes (so they can come in a Jiffy).
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